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Adam has started a meme by the name “What’s your learning edge?”. And I’ve been tagged by Ed Mills from Evolving Times. The challenge is to write about what you need or wish most to learn. First a few words on the idea of edge. The epigraph of W. Somerset Maugham’s The Razor’s Edge reads:[...]  I googled Alexander and Buddhism and found a few articles,but none which directly connected the primary principles of the two. The Alexander technique teaches us to regain natural and efficient use of the body,with the mechanism of “primary control”as the director of a balanced body. Primary control is a phrase Alexander [...] Is it possible to follow a spiritual path without the guidance of any organized religion? I certainly think so. But I’ve learned the hard way that there is no easy way. I’ve been wandering around for years looking for clues to guide me. I’ve tried easy fixes,pat little formulas like “Be here now”or [...] As I lay in bed one night,unable to sleep,I decided to watch my breath as a mediation. Not only is breathing vital to living,it holds the path to relaxation and ultimately can help us gain control over our lives. Symbolically,it represents various cycles of life:birth-death,day-night,Summer-Winter. The delicate [...] One of the most difficult aspects of spiritual thinking,(thinking which reaches beyond the small,petty self) is grasping how that self is an illusion. The real Self,with a capital “S”,is the whole world,for our skin is only a thin membrane connecting our inner “self”with our outer “Self”. Yet most of [...] |  | |||||
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